54 Verbs to Use for the Word chivalry

Thus, throughout, her Memoirs glitter like the coat with which the splendid Buckingham astonished the cheaper chivalry of France: they drop diamonds.

Pompey, in his vanity, declared that he could raise an army by stamping his foot upon the ground, but the raising of Ninon de l'Enclos' finger could bring all the chivalry of Europe around a single standard, or at the same gentle signal, cause them to put aside their arms and forget everything but peace and amity.

"You are a man to understand such chivalry, Monsieur.

"Which carried an ideal chivalry to a still more extravagant height than it had risen in fact."Ib., p. 374.

" Finding the Christian King forbore to make an attack, Musa incited his cavaliers to challenge the youthful chivalry of the Christian army to single combat or partial skirmishes.

" "Yes, I believe you claim chivalry as your strong point in the South, and accuse us of being a race of sordid money-getters.

He combined Lord Edward's chivalry with some abilities worthy of Tone, but he failed.

They seem to have adopted it half-unwillingly and to have understood it only in the imperfect way in which they comprehended chivalry.

If we consider chivalry in fact as a kind of privileged body into which men were received on certain conditions and with a certain ritual, it is important to observe that every vassal is not necessarily a cavalier.

Hurriedly mobilised, imperfectly equipped, not too brilliantly led, these legions, constituting the chivalry of Russia, became the prey of Prussia's perfect military machine.

In a certain number of Latin books of the Middle Ages we find, to describe chivalry, an expression which the "Romanists" oppose triumphantly to us, and of which the Romish origin cannot seriously be doubted.

6. Because it would destroy man's chivalry toward woman, if he did not have to carry all her things in his pockets. 7. Because men are men, and women are women.

"Then did swear all her brave vassals In Zamora's walls to die, Ere unto the king they'd yield it, And disgrace their chivalry.

They held their ground with superb and dauntless valour, and out of the general horror of it all there emerges the fine, bright chivalry of young officers and men who did amazing deeds, which read like fairy tales, even when they are told soberly in official dispatches.

He was very good as far as he went; and if you expect the chivalries of grace out of Nature, you "may expect," as old Fuller saith.

If bliss so rare thy favouring lips decree, No deed shall foil thy champion's chivalry; No toil shall wear, no danger shall dismay, Let my queen will, and Lanval must obey:

[Footnote 7: 'When in a dusty whirlwind thou didst lie, Thy valour lost, forgot thy chivalry.

He felt his inmost secrets plucked from himhis whole soul laid barehis vanity, belligerency, gallantryeven his medieval chivalry, penetrated, and yet illuminated, in that single glance.

He was then in the full flower of the varied accomplishments, which set off his fine manners and dignified character, joined, towards those he loved, with a certain soft willingness which gives the desirable chivalry to a man.

The events which we have had the misfortune to witness do not give us any ground to hope that chivalry, extinct and dead, will rise again to-morrow to light and life.

The man is not to be trustedtruce with him is impossible; but David still keeps his chivalry, in the true meaning of that word: 'Destroy him not, for who can stretch forth his hand against the Lord's Anointed, and be guiltless?

A flavour of the past centurybefore the endless war and abysmal poverty had killed all chivalry in usclung to this proposed transaction.

Peter bore not the slightest affection for him; the mulatto lacked even the chivalry to notify the Captain of his intentions, because he knew the Captain objected.

I am not wise enough to wish the world reasonableI only desire to have follies that are amusing, and am sorry Cervantes laughed chivalry out of fashion.

we have done no treason, nor do I refuse from any felony toward you; but I have to lead a great chivalry, both hired men and the men of my fief.

54 Verbs to Use for the Word  chivalry